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HIP 11381

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 11381

Cetus, the whale of the sky, holds this orange K-class star at 274 light-years. The light flickering in its wake tonight set out around 1752, the year Franklin proved with a kite that lightning was electricity and the sky was no longer the theologians' alone. A silent orange ember among the ribs of the cetacean.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 11381 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it culminates about 18° above the horizon.
  • From New York it culminates about 29° above the horizon.
  • From Sydney it culminates about 76° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 70° N.

It ranks no. 97 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 24° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 11381

Constellation
Cetus
Apparent magnitude
5.89
Distance
274.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 36.647° · Dec -20.043°
Catalogue
HIP 11381 · HD 15220

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Other stars in Cetus

Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 111 stars in Cetus